So this weekend, my husband found all the "loose" photos and photo books he can find. We have yearly family albums the past probably 8 years, before that it was a mix of when and how big the books were (some years are split between 2-3 books because that was all that could be fitted). So I'm in the process of scanning them all (which seems like a huge task but it's getting there) and then we will tackle organizing them into just a few books. I'm glad he is excited to have them easier to look at and the kids too. College was all paper and we have kept them in a box through 5 moves - that makes me sad, reminding myself the work will be worth it when we enjoy looking through them.
I am not redoing the layouts (though some really really make me cringe) but a lot of the smaller books I'm combing 2-4 pages on one 12x12 page. That seems to be working okay - it won't be the fanciest but it will allow them to be enjoyed. Scanning everything at 1200 dpi so hopefully it all prints well.
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